2007 530xi Touring pics and comments
05-22-2006, 01:36 PM
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My Ride: 2003 BMW 325i (E46) Touring with Sport Package
2007 BMW 503xi (E61) Touring wtih M-sport package
Here's my new ride, 2007 530xi Touring with M-sport package, 6 speed manual. Silver grey with auburn interior. It's awesome, moved up from an E46 wagon with sport package. More luxury, comfort and space. New engine is fantastic: smooth, refined, torquey and quiet. Plenty of power and great gas mileage (11.8 km/100 km city). xDrive is transparent. iDrive is OK to use, you get used to it, but more frequently used functions like vent settings and stereo (CD-to-FM, etc.) should be accessed by manual buttons on the dash. Panorama sunroof is great. Run flat Goodyear Eagle NCTs are fine. Lots of talk on forums about poor ride because of run flats, but honestly, the ride is very nice. Interior is nice, though the aluminum pure cube trim is a bit garrish. Note that the M-sport package here in Canada deletes the roof rails. Was a bit concerned but the look is nice and sleek. Also the ride height (gap between tires and wheel well) was a concern (didn't like the high ride height of previous AWD BMWs), but this car's is acceptable. Would have preferred a non-xDrive 530 wagon, since with 4 dedicated snow tires, winter driving here in Calgary, Alberta is not a problem. Will get 4 snows for the winter, interested to see how the xDrive will perform. Wagons are the best: practical, sporty, fun to drive. Any other fellow Canadians with the M-sport pack on their 530xi wagons?
05-25-2006, 11:09 PM
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My Ride: Booked: E70n X5 40d M. Carbonblack, oyster, comfortseats, Nav Pro, Active Drive, Panoramic, Hifi PRO DSP, HUD, Alutrim, Satin ext, gloss rails, towconnector, elctric lid, alarm and more.
FS: E61 535D -06, Activesteering, Comfort seats, Hifi, M-steeringwheel, PDC, Rails, Tinted windows, Folding mirrors, Towconnector, Alu trims, Panoramic roof, ISO FIX, SonyEricsson BT-HF, 124 wheels, Alarm, Electric lid, Aburn interior, Xenons, Silvergrey and the crappy cupholders!!!
Nice ride!!
Not that much different from mine except the M-pack and diesel. I have the same leather and same colour. Really love the combo!
Strange that you got RFT tyres, here in Sweden is RFT standard on all E61 with 17", except x-models!
Not that much different from mine except the M-pack and diesel. I have the same leather and same colour. Really love the combo!
Strange that you got RFT tyres, here in Sweden is RFT standard on all E61 with 17", except x-models!
05-26-2006, 01:36 AM
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My Ride: E60 Limo with M-Sport package(m5 mirrors,m5 trunk finisher,m172 summer wheels,blk front grills,m5 paddle shift kit(my530i),m pedal covers,m floor mats,
E87 2005 The Misses car
E39 2002 Touring with M-Sport package/family wagon(gone but not forgotten)
nice ride and color combo 
welcome and enjoy the ride 
welcome and enjoy the ride
05-26-2006, 01:40 AM
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My Ride: 530i M-sports package, carbon black,Beige leather dakota, Steptronic, active steering, anti-theft alarm, sunblinds for rear window and back seat window, interior and exterior mirror with anti-dazzel function, poplar brown dark, comfort seats, PDC, extended lights package, Hi-Fi loudspeakers, Innovation Package (contains Xenon, Headlight washers, adaptive headlights, Comfort access), automatic air-conditioning, professional radio, individual high gloss satine chrome,Sunroof
congrats and welcome
05-26-2006, 04:59 AM
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My Ride: Cars:2011 - BMW F11 535i, Alpine White, Msport version2009 - MINI COOPER, Mellow Yellow2007 - BMW E61 LCI 530i, Space Gray, Msport version - SOLD2006 - MINI COOPER, Park Lane Version - SOLD2005 - BMW E61 525i, Titan Silver, Msport version - SOLD2003
Model Year: 2012
Congrats, great combo.
05-29-2006, 10:13 PM
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My Ride: e39 525i Touring, will order e61 as soon as I can decide on engine and options...
They are less concave than standard M-sport wheels because the car is an xi. They have different ET than the RWD cars.
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Originally Posted by IHC' post='289369' date='May 29 2006, 11:17 PM
binkie, what style number and size wheels are those? Are they 19s? They look less concave than the M-166s.